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Fracture Properties of Thermoplastic Composites Manufactured Using Additive Manufacturing

Ravi Prame, Manush
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1516191324564382

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2017, Master of Science in Engineering, Youngstown State University, Department of Civil/Environmental and Chemical Engineering.
Additive manufacturing (AM) has been successfully applied to fabricate aerospace, automotive and biomedical components due to their reduced economical features, low cycle time and their ability to use a wide range of materials. Material Extrusion (ME) is the most popular technology used in the AM field to produce thermoplastic components. Due to the limited mechanical properties in the ME produced thermoplastic parts when compared to the conventional manufacturing processes, there is a critical need to add reinforcements to these plain thermoplastics. In this study, the fracture properties of short carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics manufactured via ME has been investigated under static and dynamic loading conditions. Firstly the printing process parameters have been found to print short carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics and then their tensile and flexural properties have been determined experimentally. Similarly, their high and low impact velocity properties have been determined. Additionally, their high velocity impact properties have been modelled theoretically. In order to characterize their fracture properties, these materials have been examined under an optical microscope and a scanning electron microscope after conducting each of the mechanical tests.
Pedro Cortes, PhD (Advisor)
Brett Conner, PhD (Committee Member)
Jason Walker, PhD (Committee Member)
109 p.
Automotive Materials; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry
Additive Mnufacturing, Composites, 3-D Printing, FDM

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  • Ravi Prame, M. (2017). Fracture Properties of Thermoplastic Composites Manufactured Using Additive Manufacturing [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1516191324564382

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ravi Prame, Manush. Fracture Properties of Thermoplastic Composites Manufactured Using Additive Manufacturing. 2017. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1516191324564382.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ravi Prame, Manush. "Fracture Properties of Thermoplastic Composites Manufactured Using Additive Manufacturing." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1516191324564382

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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